Welcome to the new PC Perspective!

As of just after midnight ET on Friday the 15th of April, we made the switch over to the new version of the PC Perspective website! This is a very exciting (and daunting) time for us here on staff, so please bear with us as we fix the little hiccups that will occur during this time. In fact, we need your help! If you see something wrong, strange or something you just plain don't like, please leave us a comment in the are below after you have signed up for a new account.

We are counting on YOU to help make PCPer.com better for all of us!

Not only that be we are going to be giving away lots of PRIZES over the next couple of week thanks to our awesome sponsors that have stuck with us over the years. Keep hitting up the home page for the first prizes to be revealed and how to win them...

I know you will have some questions and I will try to answer the most common ones right here. If you have more, ask them in the comments and I will update this post accordingly!

The Forums haven't changed at all!

Nope, not yet, but they will be altered to the same style of appearance you see here very soon along with a VB version upgrade to boot.

Do I have to use a different login / account here on the main site rather than use my account from the forums?

You CAN use the same username / password from the forums if you want, but you DO have to create that new account here on the main PC Perspective page, however.

The "Latest Forums" tab on the right is empty

Yes, we know, thanks. Working on that tighter integration with the forums!

There seems to be a lot of overlap between the "Latest Topics" and "Latest Reviews" and the flash thingy on the home page.

We agree and are working on ways to make it less redundant.

The Hardware Leaderboard is missing some content...

Yes, we are working on setting that up again today as well. Sorry about that, it will be live again very soon!

Not a big fan of the new layout (please dont flame) been with the site since like 06, maybe it is just the familiarity, but I dont like it. It's too flashy. I check the site for reviews / updates between 2-6 times a day.. also it wont let me log in for some reason....

The hope is that will NOT be the case, but for now it is, yeah... sorry! We tried to get it working previously but ran out of time (and it was a LONG time really). The VB system just didn't play well with Drupal (the CMS at work here) and cross server database authentication was being a pain.

I know its been a long time, several months at least, since you originally posted it as the beta site in the forums. I figured Durpal was being used since its also the main CMS used for twit.tv. Hopefully you guy's can create a script to go through the old database and move certain data to corresponding placements within the new database and just write some extra code to filter out/truncate old forum 'code' from the data being transferred ( [] items).

Cheers to finally deploying the new format! I wonder how many people will be confused in the morning :P

Check your RSS feeds Ryan, Itunes wasn't downloading the podcast for me. I was getting http://www.pcper.com/rss/podcasts.rss was not found on the server. Otherwise, looking really good. I've been reading since amdmb.com, this change really helps the readability. Keep up the hard work!

Thank you! I'm not so happy with the overall look of the site personally, but I could easily live with it if it had a wide mode.

I think that's one unmentioned element of what distracting people from the new redesigns of sites like Gizmodo and its sister sites. They have gotten even thinner, as if they are trying to follow after the tablets. So many people have widescreen displays now, it should at _least_ be an option.

Like the new site, just wish it didn't break the podcast RSS feed. Could possibly redo the tabs for future expansion, but it looks good.

For the tabs: The top layer is "Home, News, Reviews, Forums, Pod, HW LB, SSD Dec."

Becomes: Components (and under that tab you have the cpu, case, cooling, etc. but make them look like tabs as above just a different shade or smaller)

Maybe have an editorial tab or something where news and reviews are combined (or just have a "news feed" section that links to stories around the web that isn't PC Per written news directly)

Forums, Pod, and maybe a tools section where you can post the HW LB and the SSD Dec. and allow for those to have new additions in the future insteam of expanding the MAIN tab section it changes the sub-tab section.

In terms of the sub section, I don't think shows/expos should be there, perhaps as the news or ED. section, seperate cases and cooling and add a section for "Power", revise "system" to "Pre-Built", and then move Pre-Built and Mobile to the end.

Again, this is minor stuff, just for the sake of making things easier on readers and make things have a bit more sense to them, but overall I do love the new temp.

The RSS is, but the podcast page isn't fixed, pcper.com/podcasts works now, but it doesn't link to correct page. And the RSS URL is not present on the podcast page itself, just inside the article (I think the info inside the RSS linking to the podcast URL and website may have been broken as well, it was last night, but for sure the article links need to be updated to the correct website URL). Please add some break html support, apparently it doesn't work, which is why my last post had to have a "list".

The hardware leader board only has the dream system now. I really like the new site. Cool colors. I always thought you guys had great info and insight but lacked a good looking website. Now your site reflects your skill.

In the old format the news section articles would occasionally have related links at the bottom of the news article. I this format I have to click the "read more" in order to see these links. Doing this for each article in order to check for links is time consuming and aggravating. Please get the related links back on the main page.

made new account but your site gave me the password. How do you change it? Can't edit my own profile.
Other than that, the site looks freaken awesome :)

Update:
I found where you can edit profile. Really got to make it easier. The button (link) is so small and away from your line of site (on the right). I suggest using a button or icon and it should be placed on the left not the right. Using a link is kind of corny.

Hi, First let me say that this site is one of the most informative for tech, and I read every day. However, I much prefer the old setup, why?. It used all of the screen area, now it only uses the center of the screen. I use a 24" full HD screen and now I have unused wasted space on either side of the screen. This to me is a waste of screen space. Yes have a new format, but use all of the screen, please. Keep up the great stuff.

I think the layout on you site is just fine it has more than an abundance of reviews and current news and just filled with so much content it just like a one stop shoping place for the latest in technolgy! Im not really sure Im the one you should be asking aftre a couple of brain surgeries my mind has the ability to loose its cognitive thinking skills and totally loose track of what Im thinking and why so someone more focused would be a better candidate for site feedback but I seem to be able to navigate ok!The only thing I have a problem with that is a GOOD Problem to have is the the amount of giveaways youhave had here lately which like I said to me is just another oppurtunity to get blessed with a win on something I could use and need so keep them coming because I want to win and have a good day for once in a while and maybe make it easier to see who the winners are so I will know if I have got so lucky! Thanks guys sorry for the xtra long answer but like I said those cognitive thinking skill have been diminshed but no its not old times! LOL Im just a 55 year ole geek that loves computers, overclocking, modding and just sheer raw power!

(Noticed there is already a FAQ explanation already). The forums login I created isn't the same as the new pcper.com login. No biggie, I just made the same login/pass on both forums and the new pcper.com.

Hello, I would like to thank Asus for their offer of an incredible piece of hardware. They make some of the best PC componants in the world. As for what I would like to see in the future with Graphics Cards, Three screen capabillity on a single GTX570,580,590, using HDMI 1.4a, More RAM, and make the cards wider rather then longer, then the new vapor changers could be bigger to keep the cards cooler.

The site is awesome and has a great deal to offer enthusiasts and mdoest user as well. Thanks to Asus for sponsoring PC Perspectives looking frward to find more current and historical information. I love to find benchmamrking of current gear vs legacy setups.

also like to see explanations of how or why software is able to take advantage of hardware innovations.